David Ian Roberts new self-titled album is released on 15th March on Cambrian Records
CD/Vinyl/Download are available to preorder now from bandcamp, where you can also hear the first track ‘Kaleidoscope Rising in 3D’
Tour starts 20th March - see below for dates
David Ian Roberts makes music in his adoptive home of Cardiff, Wales.
While always connected in spirit to the work of the great 20th century folk guitarists and singer-songwriters, his recorded music is continually evolving, and explores complex harmony and wide sonic landscapes. At times highly composed, and at others incorporating improvisation and collaboration, Roberts' songs can always be traced back to the solo guitar and vocal performance.
He has released 4 full length albums to date. 'From The Harbour' [Cambrian Records 2020] was described by Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 2 as "A quiet masterpiece - one of the albums that I'll cherish in the future". It also garnered praise from Guy Garvey on BBC6 Music - "Beautiful and very hypnotic - I love its freedom and its ease".
UNCUT called 2019's 'Travelling Bright' "A quietly exceptional album...Roberts writes deeply introspective songs and renders them in rich orchestrated widescreen."
He will be touring the UK in 2024 in support of his forthcoming 5th LP.
“From The Harbour is a gently seductive joy which reveals new depths on every listen. A quiet masterpiece”
“A contemplative and understated classic already…One of the records I’ll cherish in the future…I recommend this record to you unreservedly”.
MARK RADCLIFFE - BBC Radio 2
"Like its predecessor, it invites that “quietly exceptional” label"
TEXTURA
"expansive, understated virtuosity"
From the Margins
"sublime"
New Sound Wales - Stephen Nottingham)
"truly captivating"
MOOF - Alexandra Dominica
"a colourful labyrinth of introspective folk music with an eternal depth"
FOLKING.COM
"a pastoral, progressive folk masterpiece"
Penny Black Music - Keith How
"A beautiful, mesmerising set"
MORNING STAR
"songs of measured acoustic grace"
MUSIC WON'T SAVE YOU
"worthy of being consigned to history"
ONDAROCK
TRAVELLING BRIGHT 2019
“David Ian Roberts’ Travelling Bright greets Spring perfectly as he sings of kings of sunsets and ancient holloways”
Jude Rogers - THE GUARDIAN
“Travelling Bright is a quietly exceptional album, dreamy and intimate, but borne up on rich elaborate arrangements…. [Roberts] writes deeply introspective songs, and renders them in rich orchestrated widescreen… dreamlike soliloquies, steeped in mythology and the natural landscape, and presented with an airy spaciousness that carves out avenues for the mind to wander.”
Louis Pattinson - UNCUT
“Travelling Bright positions itself within the UK folk tradition with humility, honesty, and sincerity—a recording for the listener to savour and of which its creator can be proud.”
TEXTURA
“An instant classic”
FRUK
“You could play this album mountains of times but never reach its peak, such are the endless folds and contours within. Travelling Bright shows that you can journey some distance with heartfelt dreams in the breast.”
R2
“It’s not often we come across a record as carefully crafted as Travelling Bright, It is an album in the truest sense - a journey - an immersive and hypnotic journey into a glittering world of acoustic delights.”
RED GUITAR MUSIC
“Absolutey sensational”
2ser FM
“An intimate performance of astounding artistry. Lyrically his songs draw a line from Dylan Thomas to Elliott Smith, with hypnotic melodies and guitar patterns that match even the legacies of a Nick Drake or Sufjan Stevens.”
RnR
David will be touring the UK in 2024 in support of his next release - More dates to be announced soon
davidrobertsmusicuk@gmail.com
